Date:         Wed, 12 Sep 2001 07:35:05 -0700
Reply-To:     Rex Merriweather <hitrumpet@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rex Merriweather <hitrumpet@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: ripples of diaster ..
Comments: To: Joel Walker <jwalker17@earthlink.net>
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$4.00 plus! per gallon in parts of Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana....glad I
moved to California but, my girlfriend still lives there and can't afford to
drive 70 miles each way to work.

Rex


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Walker" <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 6:09 PM
Subject: ripples of diaster ..


> the greedy bastards around Tuscaloosa, Alabama have raised gasoline
> prices 20 cents since this morning ... related to the NYC bombing, you
> think???!!!
>
> luckily, not all stations are caving in to the greed ..only Exxon
> seems to be brand-wide in their 8percent jump. other isolated stations
> of various brands have also jumped up that much. several others only
> went up 10 cents. others haven't raised prices at all. and one shell
> station dropped their prices by 2 cents.
>
> all stations have long lines of cars, waiting to get gas ... even as
> late as 7pm.
>
> still wondering exactly how the price of gas relates to the
> bombing/plane-crash by terrorists ... are we stupidly to expect all
> middle-east governments to suddenly raise their prices on oil???
> oooh! oooh!! i know!!! it's the Alaskans!!!! :(
>
> no matter how many times i see it, the really depraved side of human
> nature still digusts me, both in the folks that did the bombing and
> the greedy bastards in the gas stations.
>
> joel